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2.4. ERMUSR 06-14-2016 Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Eric Volk—Water Superintendent John Dietz—Chair Al Nadeau—Vice Chair Daryl Thompson—Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: June 14th, 2016 2.4 SUBJECT: 2015 Consumer Confidence Report DISCUSSION: The ERMU 2015 Consumer Confidence Report(testing year)has been added to our website and a notice that it is available to water customers will be sent out in this month's ERMU Connector, and on the monthly bill. We have once again opted to utilize the web version to satisfy the Minnesota Department of Health(MDH) notification requirement. We are required by The MDH to include specific text on water quality and health information. Beyond the scope of water testing, we have the option of adding further topics for customer education and awareness. Web Link to Current Consumer Confidence Report: Link to 2015 Water Quality Report ACTION REQUESTED: Staff requests that the Commission receive the 2015 Consumer Confidence Report. ATTACHMENT: • Minnesota Department of Health Memo—CCR Distribution Requirements • Minnesota Department of Health—2016 CCR Certification Form • 2015 Water Quality Report 1NATUR1 Page lof lE Reliable Public Power Provider P O W E R E D T O S ERV E 50 MINNESOTA M Protecting, maintaining and improving the health of a ll Minnesotans DEPARTMENTOF HEALTH ACTION REQUIRED DATE: April 1, 2016 TO: Elk River, PWSID 1710004 FROM: Karla R. Peterson, Supervisor Community Public Water Supply Unit Drinking Water Protection Section SUBJECT: Consumer Confidence Report—Distribution Requirements All community water systems must distribute a drinking water report known as a Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) annually to their customers before July 1, 2016. Your system may reformat the CCR and/or add additional information about your water system (treatment processes, upgrades planned, etc.) however, that is not necessary. The CCR that we have provided will satisfy the requirements. If you choose to reformat the CCR, all the information in the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) CCR must be included in your newly reformatted CCR. You must add your phone number to the grey shaded area on Page 1 so customers can call with questions or request additional information. There may be other grey shaded areas in your CCR—it is your responsibility to fill in those areas with accurate information. Distribution: The requirements to distribute your CCR are determined by population. The population served by your water supply is 22974. The option(s) on how to distribute your CCR are listed on the enclosed Certification Form. Please indicate what option(s) you chose on the Certification Form. The Certification Form is to be returned to MDH, along with a copy of the CCR that was distributed to your customers. Even if you are distributing the MDH CCR, you must fill in the grey shaded area(s) and return a copy of the CCR and the completed Certification Form to MDH by July 1, 2016. You are required to keep a copy of the CCR for at least three years. Failure to produce and distribute a CCR as required—as well as failure to submit a copy of the CCR and the Certification Form to MDH by July 1, 2016—may result in enforcement actions, including fines. KRP:bs Enclosure General 1nfonnation: 651/201-4700 Toll-free: 888/345-0823 www.health.state.mu.us For directions to any of the MDH locations,cab i51/201-5000. An equal opportunity employer. MIH 2016 CERTIFICATION FORM Name of System: Elk River PWSID: 1710004 The information in the attached Consumer Confidence Report(CCR)is accurate and has been distributed to customers served by our water supply in the following manner. You must check at least one option, however check ALL that apply: ❑ Paper copy individually mailed to all customers. ✓ Mailed notification (postcard, newsletter, etc.)that CCR is available via direct URL.You MUST provide a direct link to your system's CCR(i.e. www.minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/public/@publicworks/documents/webcontent/wcroslp- 125811.pdf)and give the option for the customer to requesta paper copy.You can also provide other links to the CCR (i.e. www.minneapolismn.gov) beyond the required direct link. Direct URL:http://www.elkriverutilities.com/pages/water-quality-report. ❑ Emailed a direct URL to CCR for bill-paying customers; emailed the CCR as a file attachment(PDF)or directly inserted CCR into the body of the email message. URL Options should include how a paper copy of the CCR can be obtained if one is not provided. Efforts must be made to reach customers who do not receive water bills, (such as apartment tenants, nursing home residents, etc.). This can be done by publicizing the availability of the CCR in the media, posting in public places, delivering multiple copies of the CCR for distribution by single-biller customers,delivering CCR to community organizations, posting on the internet, and/or including within the CCR a request for recipients to share information with non-billing customers. COMPLETE THE FOLLOW IN/G.�rG'"� Signature: �/ Print Name:Volk, Eric J. 9 Job Title:Water erintendent Phone: (763)441-2020 Date:June 1,2016 Email address:evolk@elkriverutilities.com Please print clearly PLEASE NOTE: Although MDH sent a CCR to your system, we need a"final"copy of the CCR that your system distributed for our records. Whether you reformatted the CCR,or simply added a phone number for your system on the CCR,you must return a copy of the CCR and this form to MDH. Return this form and a copy of the CCR or newspaper clipping of the CCR, by July 1,2016. Mailing Address: Fax: 651/201-4701 Minnesota Department of Health Email: health.drinkingwateradvisory@state.mn.us c/o Ms.Nancy Kadrlik Drinking Water Protection Section P. 0. Box 64975 St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0975 RETURN A COPY OF YOUR CCR5AND THIS FORM TO MDH - -, ,.,,, ,,--,- ,-,..:„-, „. ..„...,, ,....: ,......, 1---”. i'- Ettc. Rivet . . s n : k,, -i,/,/ Presented By Elk River -�-- Municipal Utilities • < i i •),i, ',1'''L‘ ��+ -, rt i i ' 1� ��;A- / ;�� : 'is v3 ,t, `nf k!pal � �� ' � qr.C���li o a� '' ��� e rr • l\� tw rY2 �, � �1 N �, 2" �'' -`g` 'et p fief t: L r 'A,sd.y d t r-,...',.*.rt ' t�"sf3nt a f ip�¢,�3.. ix f y, t,� i ed '�, '+`J+'i4' '"eat S + 1 ' tZP 1 '4* „,,! 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''fXt4 i l� .��; f + 4# v �5'^L1 .,„:_i,,,).--..,:,,,\>,. � 4p Meter' 07,;\ 1•r - r r, ! air�.:r.7{ tr'�`>..:': -tt"t�^�.':� ped;' D, v ti''+9N "�' ,.M'x� ; ra'�� �' r+_�a � kOt a r ,s i f. �t fv ,L. -..qtr r t C - y tt�3�y � �w :� w y�'\ � PP f,aKj'Tif�OQ�t (� �, • Ufa.. ,.°f , aY •,,c,,,4„.,.•,3,:4,,,. ...\ >a� 4. F, �� - Meeting the Challenge Substances That Could Be in Water Once again we are proud to present our annual To ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the drinking water report, covering all drinking water U.S. EPA prescribes regulations limiting the testing performed between January 1 and December 31, amount of certain contaminants in water provided 2015. Over the years, we have dedicated ourselves to by public water systems. U.S. Food and Drug producing drinking water that meets all state and federal Administration regulations establish limits for standards. We continually strive to adopt new methods contaminants in bottled water, which must provide for delivering the best quality drinking water to your the same protection for public health. Drinking homes and businesses. As new challenges to drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be water safety emerge, we remain vigilant in meeting the expected to contain at least small amounts of some goals of source water protection, water conservation, contaminants. The presence of these contaminants and community education while continuing to serve the does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a needs of all of our water users. health risk. Please remember that we are always available to assist The sources of drinking water (both tap water and you, should you ever have any questions or concerns bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, about your water. our water. reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals, in some cases, radioactive material, and substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Source Water Assessment Substances that may be present in source water include: ASource Water Assessment Plan (SWAP) is now vailable at our office. This plan is an assessment Microbial Contaminants, such as viruses and of the delineated area around our listed sources through bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment which contaminants, if present, could migrate and plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock reach our source water. It also includes an inventory operations, or wildlife; of potential sources of contamination within the Inorganic Contaminants, such as salts and metals, delineated area, and a determination of the water which can be naturally occurring or may result from supply's susceptibility to contamination by the identified urban stormwater runoff, industrial or domestic potential sources. wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming; Pesticides and Herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban Important Health Information stormwater runoff, and residential uses; ome people may be more vulnerable to contaminants Sin drinking water than the general population. Organic Chemical Contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are Immunocompromised persons such as persons with by-products of industrial processes and petroleum cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have production and may also come from gas stations, undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems; other immune system disorders,some elderly,and infants may be particularly at risk from infections.These people Radioactive Contaminants, which can be naturally should seek advice about drinking water from their health occurring or may be the result of oil and gas care providers.The U.S. EPA/CDC (Centers for Disease production and mining activities. Control and Prevention) guidelines on For more information about contaminants and appropriate means to lessen the risk potential health effects, call the U.S. EPA's Safe of infection by Cryptosporidium and ' °, J.. Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791. other microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking 10 Water Hotline at (800) 426- 4791 or http://water.epa.gov/ drink/hotline. 1 54 Water Conservation You can play a role in conserving water and saving Where Does My Water Come From? yourself money in the process by becoming conscious lk River Municipal Utilities wells are supplied from oil)%. of the amount of water your household is using and by Ethe Mt. Simon-Hinckley Aquifer. The entire /i looking for ways to use less whenever you can. It is not :.y water system is constituted of eight wells, - hard to conserve water. Here are a few tips: four water towers, 110 miles of water main, it • Automatic dishwashers use 15 gallons for every and more than 1,200 fire hydrants. In 2015, 1y;;: cycle, regardless of how many dishes are loaded. So Elk River Municipal Utilities delivered more ;.; ' get a run for your money and load it to capacity. than 756 million gallons of water to our ' ' '9+{" • Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth. customers. 1 • Check every faucet in your home for leaks. Just a slow drip can waste 15 to 20 gallons a day.Fix it and you can save almost 6,000 gallons per year. What's a Cross-connection? • Check your toilets for leaks by putting a few drops of Cross-connections that contaminate drinking water food coloring in the tank. Watch for a few minutes distribution lines are a major concern. A cross- to see if the color shows up in the bowl. It is not connection is formed at any point where a drinking uncommon to lose up to 100 gallons a day from an water line connects to equipment (boilers), systems invisible toilet leak. Fix it and you save more than containing chemicals (air conditioning systems, fire 30,000 gallons a year. sprinkler systems,irrigation systems)or water sources of questionable quality. Cross-connection contamination • Use your water meter to detect hidden leaks. Simply can occur when the pressure in the equipment or turn off all taps and water using appliances. Then system is greater than the pressure inside the drinking check the meter after 15 minutes. If it moved, you water line (backpressure). Contamination can also have a leak. occur when the pressure in the drinking water line drops due to fairly routine occurrences (main breaks, heavy water demand) causing contaminants to be sucked out from the equipment and into the drinking Water Main Flushing water line (backsiphonage). Distribution mains (pipes) convey water to homes, Outside water taps and garden hoses tend to be the most businesses,and hydrants in your neighborhood.The water common sources of cross-connection contamination entering distribution mains is of very high quality; however, at home. The garden hose creates a hazard when water quality can deteriorate in areas of the distribution mains submerged in a swimming pool or when attached to over time. Water main flushing is the process of cleaning the a chemical sprayer for weed killing. Garden hoses that interior of water distribution mains by sending a rapid flow of are left lying on the ground may be contaminated by water through the mains. fertilizers, cesspools or garden chemicals. Improperly Flushing maintains water quality in several ways.For example, installed valves in your toilet could also be a source of flushing removes sediments like iron and manganese. cross-connection contamination. Although iron and manganese do not pose health concerns, Community water supplies are continuously they can affect the taste, clarity, and color of the water. jeopardized by cross-connections unless appropriate Additionally, sediments can shield microorganisms from the valves, known as backflow prevention devices, are disinfecting power of chlorine, contributing to the growth installed and maintained.We have surveyed industrial, of microorganisms within distribution mains. Flushing helps commercial, and institutional facilities in the service remove stale water and ensures the presence of fresh water area to make sure that potential cross-connections are with sufficient dissolved oxygen, disinfectant levels, and an identified and eliminated or protected by a backflow acceptable taste and smell. preventer.We also inspect and test backflow preventers During flushing operations in your neighborhood,some short- to make sure that they provide maximum protection. term deterioration of water quality, though uncommon, is For more information on backflow prevention,contact possible.You should avoid tap water for household uses at that the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791. time. If you do use the tap, allow your cold water to run for a few minutes k at full velocity before use and avoid 1P using hot water, to prevent sediment accumulation in your hot water tank. '.--, Please contact us if you have any QUESTIONS? questions or if you would like more information on our water main flushing For more information about this report, or for any schedule. questions relating to your drinking water,please call Elk River Municipal Utilities at (763) 441-2020. 55 Tap vs. Bottled ; � �, ;,S 1,---t'' Thanks in part to aggressive marketing, the bottled . Is tap water cheaper water industry has successfully convinced us all r,^ ,,; that water purchased in bottles is a healthier alternative 7 " than soda? to tap water. However, according to a four-year study ! ' 2 -' Yes!You can refill an 8 oz. glass of tap conducted by the Natural Resources Defense Council, 't;""""• water approximately 15,000 times for bottled water is not necessarily cleaner or safer than v the same cost as a six-pack of soda pop. most tap water. In fact, about 25 percent of bottled J, And, water has no sugar or caffeine. water is actually just bottled tap water (40 percent according to government estimates). How long can a person The Food and Drug Administration is responsible go without water? for regulating bottled water, but these rules allow for Although a person can live without food for less rigorous testing and purity standards than those more than a month, a person can only live required by the U.S. EPA for community tap water. without water for approximately one week. For instance, the high mineral content of some bottled waters makes them unsuitable for babies and young When was drinking water children. Further, the FDA completely exempts bottled first regulated? water that's packaged and sold within the same state, which accounts for about 70 percent of all bottled water The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) of 1974 sold in the United States. represents the first time that public drinking water supplies were protected on a federal (national) level People spend 10,000 times more per gallon for bottled in the U.S. Amendments were made to the SDWA in water than they typically do for tap water. If you get 1986 and 1996. your recommended eight glasses a day from bottled water, you could spend up to $1,400 annually. The Seventy-one percent of Earth is same amount of tap water would cost about 49 cents. Even if you installed a filter device on your tap, your covered in water: how much is annual expenditure would be far less than what you'd drinkable? pay for bottled water. Oceans hold about 96.5 percent of all Earth's water. For a detailed discussion on the NRDC study results, Only three percent of the earth's water can be used as drinking water. Seventy-five percent of the world's fresh check out their Web site at www.nrdc.org/water/ drinking/bw/exesum.asp. water is frozen in the polar ice caps. How much water do we use every day? The average person in the U.S. uses 80 to 100 gallons Lead in Home Plumbing of water each day. (During medieval times a person If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious used only 5 gallons per day.) It takes 2 gallons to health problems,especially for pregnant women and brush your teeth, 2 to 7 gallons to flush a toilet, and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily 25 to 50 gallons to take a shower. from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. We are responsible for When was chlorine first used in the providing high-quality drinking water, but cannot U.S.? control the variety of materials used in plumbing In 1908, Jersey City, New Jersey and Chicago, Illinois components. When your water has been sitting were the first water supplies to be chlorinated in the U.S. for several hours, you can ‘ „c minimize the potential for lead -t, ). ' . 0.'exposure by flushing your tap -.1 /f - How much water is in our for 30 seconds to 2 minutes ' u�...:� ,' ..� atmosphere? before using water for drinking or ”—/ ;'4 Forty trillion gallons of water are carried in the cooking. If you are concerned about e/ Y atmosphere across the U.S. each day. lead in your water, you may wish to 1 - .. havewater tested. 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